Sky of Your Day
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  2. Ceibo

Ceibo

HD 63454

Ceibo is an orange star, in the constellation Chamaeleon. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1913.

Where to find it

From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it never rises: it belongs to the southern sky.

Very faint: you’ll need a telescope. Apparent magnitude 9.37.

What it’s like

It gives off about 19% of the Sun’s light.

Its surface is at about 4,700 degrees.

It is 112.7 light years away: 1066 trillion kilometres.